Rocket science, indeed
05.26.08 - 01:43pm
NASA’s Mars Phoenix spacecraft has landed, without disaster, and the first pics are in. Huzzah!
But what I found most stunning was this picture:
That’s a shot of Phoenix dangling under it’s parachute (mid-air, during landing), taken by another spacecraft (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) from orbit. Wow.
Trivia: Something similar was done in 2005, when MGS took pictures of Odyssey and Mars Express. Apparently this is an old spy satellite trick, taking a look at foreign hardware (or your own)… Although one can get nice views from the ground, too.
thanks for the links :-) love it :-)
The photos of the shuttle were amazing, you forget that the navy / army have amazing telescopes point both up and down (at us)…..